Strategic Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Asia’s Power Dynamics

   Military Change and its Geopolitical Effects

   By Desmond Ball, Raja Mohan, Tim Huxley, Adam Ward

   Series: Adelphi series

   This Adelphi examines defence procurement in Asia against a backdrop of the region’s fragmented security infrastructure. The overlapping alliances, multilateral bodies and regional dialogues are ill-equipped to respond to the changing balance of power, since there is no unified forum through which...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Ballistic Missile Defence and US National Security Policy

   Normalisation and acceptance after the Cold War

   By Andrew Futter

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book examines the transformation in US thinking about the role of Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) in national security policy since the end of the Cold War. The evolution of the BMD debate after the Cold War has been complex, complicated and punctuated. As this book shows, the debate and...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
3. Soviet Air Force Theory, 1918-1945

   By James Sterrett

   Series: Soviet (Russian) Study of War

   This new book examines the development of Soviet thinking on the operational employment of their Air Force from 1918 to 1945, using Soviet theoretical writings and contemporary analyses of combat actions....

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. The US, NATO and Military Burden-Sharing

   By Stephen J. Cimbala, Peter Forster

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This study establishes that the political, economic and military-technological changes that transform the international system also alter the way in which a state views its and others' responsibilities and burdens for responding to international crises. It assesses the distribution of the costs of...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. US Hypersonic Research and Development

   The Rise and Fall of 'Dyna-Soar', 1944-1963

   By Roy F. Houchin II

   Series: Space Power and Politics

   An essential new account of some of the most valuable research and development in international military history. Roy F. Houchin II shows how the roots of US Air Force hypersonic research and development are grounded in Army Air Force General Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold's identification of the need...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. A Global Security Triangle

   European, African and Asian interaction

   Edited by Valeria Bello, Belachew Gebrewold

   Series: Routledge/GARNET series

   This book considers the interactions between Africa, Asia and Europe, analysing the short and long term strategies various states have adopted to external relations. The urgency attached to the agenda of international terrorism and human and drugs- trafficking has forced the European Union into new...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. Russia and the Cult of State Security

   The Chekist Tradition, From Lenin to Putin

   By Julie Fedor

   Series: Studies in Intelligence

   This book explores the mythology woven around the Soviet secret police and the Russian cult of state security that has emerged from it. Tracing the history of this mythology from the Soviet period through to its revival in contemporary post-Soviet Russia, the volume argues that successive Russian...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
8. The End of the Cold War and The Third World

   New Perspectives on Regional Conflict

   Edited by Artemy Kalinovsky, Sergey Radchenko

   Series: Cold War History

   This book brings together recent research on the end of the Cold War in the Third World and engages with ongoing debates about regional conflicts, the role of great powers in the developing world, and the role of international actors in conflict resolution. Most of the recent scholarship on the...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Regional Disorder

   The South China Sea Disputes

   By Sarah Raine, Christian Le Mière

   China’s rise casts a vast and uncertain shadow over the regional balance of power in the Asia Pacific, and nowhere is this clearer than in the South China Sea. The significance of the fraught territorial disputes in this potentially resource-rich sea extends far beyond the small groupings of...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. Criminal Insurgencies in Mexico and the Americas

    The Gangs and Cartels Wage War

    Edited by Robert Bunker

    In recent years, the south-western border of the United States has come under increasing pressure from the activities of Mexican narco-insurgents. These insurgents have developed rapidly from beginnings as nebulous gangs into networked cartels that have exposed the porosity of the border. These...

    Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge